The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza currently remains closed after it was temporarily opened yesterday. The United Nations hopes for the arrival of a second humanitarian convoy today. Meanwhile, Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip continued: Hamas speaks of “over fifty dead.” In Jenin, a mosque was hit where, according to Israel, a terrorist cell ready to attack was hiding. Damascus and Aleppo airports in Syria were also bombed. Warning sirens in use in central Israel and the greater Tel Aviv area, 14 Israeli communities near Lebanon were evacuated. According to the army, the number of confirmed Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas has risen to 212.
“Hamas-Jihad terrorist cell” under the Jenin Mosque
Israel today eliminated a “Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist cell” that was preparing an attack to take place immediately on Israeli territory and that was “operating from an underground environment created under the Al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin.” . . This was stated by Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
“This,” he added, “is precisely a feature of Hamas, which hides in civilian areas, near mosques, schools and hospitals, shielding itself from the civilian population and not even shying away from desecrating Islamic places of worship.”
Biden-Sisi-Netanyahu on aid to Gaza as a “strategic triangle”
A “strategic triangle” has been created between American and Egyptian Presidents Joe Biden and Abdel Fatah al Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu regarding the modalities of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip. Military spokesman Daniel Hagari said this when asked by a journalist whether the aid trucks that passed through the Rafah border crossing yesterday had been inspected. Hagari responded that they had been “inspected by Egyptians and Americans” and then tracked inside the Gaza Strip “to make sure they reached UNRWA, the UN refugee agency.”
Israeli army: “There are still 212 hostages in Gaza”
The number of confirmed Israeli hostages, civilian and military, held by Hamas in Gaza has risen to 212. Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said this, adding that Hamas was carrying out “psychological terrorism” against families. (
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt is currently closed
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza currently remains closed after it was temporarily opened yesterday, allowing the passage of around twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip. Local sources informed ANSA. Aid trucks are stopped on the Egyptian side.
Alarm sirens in central Israel and the greater Tel Aviv area ++ Takeoffs from the Strip will resume
Warning sirens sounded in central Israel and the greater Tel Aviv area for the resumption of rocket fire from Gaza. The Israeli army made this known.
Hamas, over 50 dead in Israeli night attacks in Gaza
The death toll from Israel’s overnight attacks in the Gaza Strip is “over fifty dead.” Hamas is making this known. The Israeli army announced yesterday that it would intensify attacks on the Gaza Strip.
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